Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched One Nation, One Card for transport mobility at a function in Ahmedabad today. The indigenously developed National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) is the first of its kind in India. This Payment Eco-system for transport consisting of NCMC Card, SWEEKAR (Swachalit
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Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, visited Kauhar, Amethi in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. He dedicated to the nation, the Joint Venture of Indo-Russian Rifles Pvt Ltd, for Kalashnikov Assault Rifle Production. In his special message on the occasion, which was read out by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
An underwhelming move towards complete local manufacturing of mobile phones notwithstanding, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is studying the possibility of introducing a phased manufacturing programme (PMP) for items such as LED products, LED and LCD television sets and set
Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 has been placed in the Guinness World Records in three sectors. It includes largest traffic and crowd management plan, the biggest painting exercise of public sites under paint my city scheme and biggest sanitation and waste disposal mechanism. A three member team from
Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley, released a book titled ‘ Mann Ki Baat – A Social Revolution on Radio ’ on Saturday. The book is based on 50 episodes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s heart to heart talk with the citizens of India broadcast on All India Radio. The book
A National Conference on “Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)”was inaugurated today by the Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment ThaawarchandGehlot here today. He delivered the key note address on the detailed account of the scheme. The Conference was organised by the Department
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $926 Million Loan Agreement today to operationalize two lines for the Mumbai Metro Rail System that will ease the distress of millions of commuters each day and help provide a cleaner, less congested city. The single largest
The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved the construction of another 5,60,695 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The approval was given in the 43rdmeeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee held here on Monday
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, honoured and paid respect to the safai karamcharis working in the Kumbh Mela, by washing the feet of five of them. The Prime Minister washed and wiped each of their feet in a private interaction. He also had a brief conversation with them before joining the main event
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, inaugurated National Institutes of Design (NID) at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Jorhat in Assam through video conference from New Delhi on 22nd February 2019. Both institutes are autonomous institutions under Department for
In a significant decision, the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the entitlement of air travel on Delhi-Srinagar, Srinagar-Delhi, Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Jammu sectors to all the personnel of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces. The decision will immediately benefit approximately 7,80,000
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the “Waste to Wonder” park under the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion the Home Minister said that this park has set an example for others, as for the first time scrap has been used to create ‘Wealth from